Rie and Daisuke are two lonely kindred spirits who meet and fall in love. Years later, they are happily married and caring for their own child and Rie’s son from a previous marriage. Everything changes when Daisuke is killed in a tragic workplace accident. A heartbroken Rie works to wrap up Daisuke’s affairs, but a visit from her late husband’s estranged brother leads to a shocking revelation: her Daisuke wasn’t who he claimed to be. Rie asks a Yokohama lawyer named Akira to look into her late husband’s mysterious past. A Man takes what could have been a straightforward melodramatic setup and turns it into a meditative drama that thoughtfully explores deep-rooted societal prejudice. Handling tricky themes with real care, Kei Ishikawa’s film is a patiently-directed and masterfully-acted film that won eight prizes - including Best Film - at this year’s Japan Academy film awards.